---
type: "Bill"
title: "Procedures For Expulsion Hearing Officers"
description: "The act clarifies the school expulsion hearing (hearing) process, including the following:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "HB 23-1291"
citation: "Colorado HB 23-1291 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Faith Winter", "Junie Joseph", "Rhonda Fields", "Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-04-10T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-01T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/054a9eb3-91c5-4b58-aea0-303bc187c999"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1291"
source_hash: "c3ef0ca69ee2c7575cef5fe308ea50afa58381923c8a8dc208c2d8b64f7ce1d7"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
---

# Colorado HB 23-1291 (2023A) — Procedures For Expulsion Hearing Officers

The act clarifies the school expulsion hearing (hearing) process, including the following:

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_hb1291_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/29/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1291_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1291_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/10/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1291_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/24/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1291_h_ed_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/28/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1291_h_ed_app_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (05/01/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1291_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/05/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1291_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/04/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1291_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/01/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1291_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **23–12** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **44–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Faith Winter — primary (person)
- Junie Joseph — primary (person)
- Rhonda Fields — primary (person)
- Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-06-01T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2023-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/054a9eb3-91c5-4b58-aea0-303bc187c999`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).